Vice-President of Tanzania

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Vice-President of the
United Republic of Tanzania
Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg
Flag of Tanzania.svg
Philip Isdory Mpango (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Philip Mpango
since 30 March 2021
Style His Excellency
Member of Cabinet
Seat Dodoma, Tanzania [1]
Term length Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument 1977 Constitution
Formation1964;61 years ago (1964)
First holder Abeid Karume
SalaryUS$4,375 monthly [2]
Website www.vpo.go.tz

The vice-president of Tanzania holds the second-highest political office in the United Republic of Tanzania. The vice president runs on a single ticket with the president of Tanzania, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

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Per Article 37 of the Constitution of Tanzania, if the president dies, resigns, is permanently incapacitated, or is disqualified, the vice-president ascends to the presidency for the balance of the term. Under Article 40, a vice-president who ascends to the presidency in this manner is eligible to run for two full terms in their own right if there are fewer than three years remaining in the five-year term. If the vice-president ascends with more than three years remaining, they are only eligible for one full term. [3]

For example, when Samia Suluhu Hassan became the first vice-president to directly ascend to the presidency, she did so only one year after being reelected as the running mate of her predecessor, John Magufuli. While she would be eligible to run for a full term in 2025, if she won she would have to leave office in 2030.

List of vice-presidents of Tanzania

Political parties
   Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP)
   Tanganyika African National Union (TANU)
   Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)

After the union between Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964, Tanzania had two vice-presidents, First and Second until the creation of a single office in 1995. [4]

First vice-presidents

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party President(s)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Abeid Karume 1964.jpg Abeid Karume
(1905–1972)
29 October 19647 April 19727 years, 161 days ASP Nyerere
2 No image.png Aboud Jumbe
(1920–2016)
7 April 197230 January 198411 years, 298 days ASP
(until 1977)
CCM
3 Ali Hassan Mwinyi.jpg Ali Hassan Mwinyi
(1925–2024)
30 January 19845 November 19851 year, 279 days CCM
4 No image.png Joseph Warioba
(born 1940)
5 November 19859 November 19905 years, 4 days CCM Mwinyi
5 John Malecela (cropped).jpg John Malecela
(born 1934)
9 November 19905 December 19944 years, 26 days CCM
6 Cleopa David Msuya.jpg Cleopa Msuya
(1931–2025)
5 December 199423 November 1995353 days CCM

Second vice-presidents

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party President(s)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Rashidi Kawawa (cropped).jpg Rashidi Kawawa
(1926–2009)
26 April 196413 February 197712 years, 293 days TANU
(until 1977)
Nyerere
CCM
Post vacant (13 February 1977 – 5 November 1985)
2 No image.png Idris Abdul Wakil
(1925–2009)
5 November 19859 November 19905 years, 4 days CCM Mwinyi
3 No image.png Salmin Amour
(born 1948)
9 November 199023 November 19955 years, 14 days CCM

Vice-presidents (single office)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party President(s)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 No image.png Omar Ali Juma
(1941–2001)
23 November 19954 July 20015 years, 223 days CCM Mkapa
2 Ali Mohamed Shein, September 2014 (cropped).jpg Ali Mohamed Shein
(born 1948)
13 July 20013 November 20109 years, 113 days CCM Mkapa
Kikwete
3 Mohamed Gharib Bilal.jpg Mohamed Gharib Bilal
(born 1945)
6 November 20105 November 20154 years, 364 days CCM Kikwete
4 Samia Suluhu Hassan in May 2017.jpg Samia Suluhu Hassan
(born 1960)
5 November 201519 March 20215 years, 134 days CCM Magufuli
5 Philip Isdory Mpango (cropped).jpg Philip Mpango
(born 1957)
31 March 2021Incumbent4 years, 113 days CCM Suluhu

Timeline

Philip MpangoSamia Suluhu HassanMohamed Gharib BilalAli Mohamed SheinOmar Ali JumaCleopa MsuyaSalmin AmourJohn MalecelaIdris Abdul WakilJoseph WariobaAli Hassan MwinyiAboud JumbeAbeid KarumeRashidi KawawaVice-President of Tanzania

See also

References

  1. "Tanzanian president officially moves to new capital Dodoma: presidency". Xinhua. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019.
  2. wa Simbiye, Finnigan (6 December 2013). "PM scoffs at super salary rumour". Daily News (Tanzania) . Dodoma. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  3. "Constitution of Tanzania".
  4. "List of Tanzanian Vice Presidents" (PDF). Vice President's Office. Retrieved 31 May 2013.